Historical Industrial Scenes

Stereographic photographs depicting historical industrial activities like coal mining and lumber processing, illustrating construction and logistics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Hauraki No. 2 gold mine and lower township, New Zealand, by Beattie & Sanderson.

Drift mouth, Buck Ridge Breaker. American scenery. 1221. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Coal mining , Pennsylvania, Shamokin (Pa.)

Stereo gelatin photograph by Underwood & Underwood from 1906 showing the transport of tree trunks from water to a sawmill in Minneapolis, Minnesota for processing into lumber.

View of a railroad construction site, Davenport, Iowa. Stereoscopic views of Davenport, Iowa. 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Iowa, Railroads construction & maintenance, Railroad sidings, Railroad employees, Davenport (Iowa)

Hickory Swamp Breaker. Shamokin Penn, and vicinity. 1213. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Coal mining , Pennsylvania, Shamokin (Pa.)

Hauraki No. 2 gold mine and lower township, New Zealand, by Beattie & Sanderson.

Logs washed over the dam west of the bridge. Glen's Falls, N.Y. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Glens Falls (N.Y.)

Agricultural Depot. 1870. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States. Dept. of Agriculture, Greenhouses, Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Simmer and Jack Gold Mine.. J. Wilbur Read (American, 1866 - 1946)

Among the copper mines. Gems of Lake Superior scenery. 1870 - 1879. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Michigan, Superior, Lake, Copper mining

Breaker at Hollywood Colliery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Coal mining

Div. 4. Sec. 19. Sept. 13, 1876. Sudbury River Conduit, B.W.W. View near Center St. , Aqueducts, Bricklaying, Construction workers

Sudbury River Conduit, B.W.W., div. 4, sec. 14, Oct. 18, 1876. View taken from inside conduit looking west on embankment. 1876. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Pipes (Conduits)

A group of men sit by a pen full of sheep, water in the foreground , Sheep, Agricultural facilities, Bodies of water

Oct. 31, 1877. View of gates on Sudbury River pipeline below effluent gate house, Chestnut Hill Reservoir, looking south. 1877. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Pipes (Conduits)

Div. 4. Sec. 19. Sept. 13, 1876. Sudbury River Conduit, B.W.W. View near Center St. , Aqueducts, Bricklaying, Construction workers

Men at work digging a wide ditch. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Fall River (Mass.), Construction, Laborers

Brace, no. 2 martha, New Zealand, by Beattie & Sanderson.

Sudbury River Conduit, B.W.W., div. 4, sec. 15, Sept. 13, 1876. View showing interior structure of Charles River Bridge over arches "F" & "G". 1876. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Laborers, Bridge construction

Sudbury River Conduit B.W.W. div.4, sec 14 Oct. 14, 1876, view taken from Sta. 593+37 looking east on Hurd's Hill. 1876. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Carts & wagons, Construction

H.L. James wollen factory. Views of Hampshire: Flood! Williamsburg, Mass. 5. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1874-05. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sawmill River (Mass.), Floods , Massachusetts, Mill River Disaster, 1874

Steam engine at Hollywood Colliery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Coal mining

Sluice on Bed Rock - Babb claim and Tunnel in lower gravel.. Thomas Houseworth & Company

Lumber yard, probably at Titusville, Pennsylvania. George Ketner (American, active Pennsylvania 1900s)

Echo Bridge, Newton, Massachusetts , Bridge construction, Construction workers

Lumber Yards. American views ; Savannah, Ga. 1875. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Georgia, Savannah (Ga.), Savannah River (Ga. and S.C.), Lumberyards

The Howe S.M. Sewing Machine factory. Views of Bridgeport and vicinity. 8. 1872 - 1875. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Bridgeport (Conn.), Factories, Sewing machine industry

Boston water works, Sudbury River Conduit, Aug. 1876, Dam no. 1, Pairing below overflow, south side of river. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Construction

Mill. Unknown

Sudbury River Conduit, B.W.W. div.4, sec 15, Aug. 17 1876, ledge cut. 1876. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Pipes (Conduits)

Todd's Tavern at junction of Brock, Catharpin and Piney Branch Roads | Library of Congress

Finishing mill, Dupont's powder works, Brandywine Creek. Brandywine Creek scenery, Del. 1294 1875. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Delaware

The great Kinzua Bridge near Alton, Pa. Highest bridge in the world. View of construction. Stereoscopic views of the oil country. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Petroleum chemical industry , Environmental aspects, Petroleum industry , New York (State), Petroleum industry , Pennsylvania

Logs washed over the dam, west side of the bridge, Glens Falls, N.Y. American scenery, stereoscopic gems. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Glens Falls (N.Y.)

View in the Jackson Iron Mine. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1867. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Michigan, Chicago and North Western Railway Company, Industrial facilities, Iron mining, Strip mining

Metropolitan Water Works Miscellaneous, pipe laying apparatus and crib-work, Mass., ca. 1899 , waterworks, construction sites

Echo Bridge, Newton, Massachusetts , Bridge construction, Construction workers

View of a quarry. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Fall River (Mass.), Quarrying, Granite industry and trade

Metropolitan Water Works Miscellaneous, pipe laying apparatus and crib-work, Mass., ca. 1899 , waterworks, construction sites

View of a shipyard. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine, Waldoboro (Me.)

Echo Bridge, Newton, Massachusetts , Bridge construction, Construction workers

The iron works, Johnstown, Pa., U.S.A. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Johnstown (Pa.)

Men working on wharf in front of moored sailing vessels. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Bedford (Mass.), Sailing ships, Piers & wharves, Barrels

Broken raft. Disaster , Logs, Rivers

View in the Jackson Iron Mine. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1867. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Michigan, Chicago and North Western Railway Company, Iron mining, Strip mining

Bulk head, Rock Creek sluice. Snake River gold fields. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho, Gold mining, Hydraulic mining

Fishing with pole tools, in a well 1,500 feet deep. Views of the Penna. oil region. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Petroleum chemical industry , Environmental aspects, Petroleum industry , New York (State), Petroleum industry , Pennsylvania

Fairmount, Philadelphia.. Langenheim, Loud & Company Langenheim Bros. & G.W. Loud

Harvesting, Williams Farm, D.T. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Hydraulic Mining - Timbuctoo Diggings, Yuba Co. no.798. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865 - 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Yuba County (Calif.), Hydraulic mining, Mineral industries , Environmental aspects

Placer Mining at Volcano, Amador County. no.946. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865 - 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Gold mining, Sluices, Amador County (Calif.)

Gelatin paper stereo photograph from 1904 by Underwood & Underwood showing local methods of washing gravel to extract rubies at Mogok, Burma.

Unloading cotton at gin by pnematic suction pipe, Georgia.. Underwood & Underwood (American, founded 1881, dissolved 1940s)

Port Blakely Mills - largest in the world, near Seattle, Puget Sound , Lumber industry, Lumber, Mills

View of two people with saw mill in the background. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota

Section of burning mines. Scenery of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk (Pa.), Coal mining

Echo Bridge, Newton, Massachusetts , Bridge construction, Construction workers

100 ft. derricks. Oil regions of Pennsylvania. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Petroleum chemical industry , Environmental aspects, Petroleum industry , New York (State), Petroleum industry , Pennsylvania

Miner at work, 350 ft. underground, Gould & Curry Mine, Nevada. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Nevada

Mill no. 4. Bridge from mill no. 1 to mill no. 4. Willimantic Linen Co. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Linen industry , Connecticut , Willimantic (Conn.), Photography, Industrial, Willimantic (Conn.), Willimantic Linen Company, Bridges, Industrial facilities

Hydraulic Mining - washing down the bank into the sluice. no. 796. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865 - 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Pipes (Conduits), Gold mining, Hydraulic mining

Hydraulic Mining - The Palm Claim, Timbuctoo, Yuba County. no.798. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865 - 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Yuba County (Calif.), Hydraulic mining, Mineral industries , Environmental aspects

Ruins of Warren's button shop, Leeds. Mill River flood, Hampshire county, Mass., May 16, 1874. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1874-05. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sawmill River (Mass.), Floods , Massachusetts, Mill River Disaster, 1874

Boston water works, Sudbury River Conduit, Nov. 6th, 1876, Division 1, Section 1, view of Farm Pond gate house foundations, looking towards northeast corner of coffer dam. 1876. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts

Stripping off the surface dirt covering the Morris open pit mine, Mesabi Range, Minn. U.S.A. 6960. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota

Conveying Lumber to the Coast, in a Flume, Point Arrina, Mendocino Co. No. 1299. 1870. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Mendocino County (Calif.), Lumber industry, Flumes, Log transportation

Work on Washington Street Tunnel (Second Contract) looking West.. Samuel Montague Fassett (American, born Canada, 1825 - 1910)

Oct. 31, 1877. View of connection of Sudbury River pipeline with 48" outer pipe at effluent gate house, of Chestnut Hill Reservoir, looking west. 1877. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Reservoirs, Pipes (Conduits)

Boston water works, Sudbury River Conduit, Section 10, Waban Valley bridge, view looking west shows pier no. 2 and the pile foundations for pier no. 3. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Construction

View of a shipyard. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine, Waldoboro (Me.)

Control of the banana bunches, anonymous, c. 1912 - c. 1913 photograph Control of the harvested banana bunches on Plantage Peperpot in Suriname. Part of the photo album from ca. 1912-1913 with 92 photos of the Peperpot and Dordrecht plantations in Suriname and Mount Pleasant in Curaçao. Suriname photographic support. paper gelatin silver print plantation. fruits: banana Suriname. PEPERPOT PLANTAGE

Hydraulic Mining. Watkins' Pacific Coast. 1870. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, mining , California, Gold miners, Hydraulic mining, Mineral industries , Environmental aspects

Loading Oil on Steamers at Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.A.. No.20356. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1915. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas, Shipping, Tankers, Petroleum industry, Port Arthur (Tex.)

Brainerd Quarry, Portland, Conn. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Middlesex County (Conn.), Quarrying, Portland (Conn.)

Colliery, Schuylkill County. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Coal mining , Pennsylvania

Boilers & iron-clad shop ship. Stereoscopic gems, Brooklyn Navy Yard. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Naval yards & naval stations , New York (State) , New York, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)

Boiling sap over open fires. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Vermont, Maple sugar industry , Vermont

The Great log jam at Chippewa Falls Boom, April 6th 1869. 1869. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Wisconsin, Log driving, Logs, Chippewa Falls (Wis.)

Sudbury Department, Sudbury Dam, 48-inch outlet pipes, Southborough, Mass., 1894 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Hydraulic mining - behind the pipes. Stereoscopic views of most of the points of interest in the Pacific Coast, no. 795. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865 - 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Gold mining, Hydraulic mining, Mineral industries , Environmental aspects

Description: E. Philpott British harvester from Liverpool at work at Vulcan, Alberta. Location: Alberta, Canada Date: 1928 americas

Hollister, Tyrel & Co.'s marble quarry, East Dorset. Vt. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Vermont

Malakoff Diggings, North Bloomfield Gravel Mining. Watkins' Pacific Coast, no.1818. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865 - 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Hydraulic mining, Mineral industries , Environmental aspects, Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park (Calif.), Nevada County (Calif.)

Modern Steel Plant along the Monongahela River, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.A.. Keystone View Co. (American, founded 1892, dissolved 1963)

Conveying Lumber to the Coast, in a Flume, Point Arrina, Mendocino Co. No. 1299. 1870. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Mendocino County (Calif.), Lumber industry, Flumes, Log transportation

Canal Construction Scene; American; about 1850; Daguerreotype

Boring tools in operation , Oil well drilling rigs, Drilling & boring machinery, Laborers

Sudbury Department, Hopkinton Dam, concrete mixer, Ashland, Mass., 1890 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Gigantic steam shovel dumping 5-ton load of iron ore into car, "open-pit" mine, Hibbing, Minn.. Underwood & Underwood (American, founded 1881, dissolved 1940s)

Marble quarry, Rutland, Vt. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Vermont, Rutland (Vt.)

View of salt works. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts

Sudbury Department, Sudbury Dam, downstream face of overfall, looking south, Southborough, Mass., May 1896 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Machinery Hall. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Steam shovel at work, Burt Mine, Mesabi Range, Minn. , Steam shovels

The smelter, at Black Hawk, Colo. Views on Colorado Central R.R. from Black Hawk to Central City. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado, Black Hawk (Colo.)

Sinking pier no.4; Louis-Émile Durandelle (French, 1839 - 1917); 1887; Albumen silver print

Niagara Suspension Bridge.. Langenheim, Loud & Company Langenheim Bros. & G.W. Loud

Miners' wives and children picking coal from the dump, Scranton, Pa., U.S.A. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Scranton (Pa.)

Coal mine. Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916)

East end,miners going in. Hoosac tunnel route series. 221. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.), Tunnels , Massachusetts

Tredegar Iron Works | Library of Congress

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